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Often in method statements relating to working at height the stated emergency procedure is to call the fire brigade. This is now not recognised as an acceptable alternative when planning your method statement. For example: 'The maintenance man or window cleaner is stranded in a cradle due to loss of power or the steel cables are jammed'. What do they do? Click on the image for a video of the rescue in operation. PWC ACCESS can prepare & plan advance alternative measures in the event of an emergency, to rescue people safely from such situations with out involving the fire services. With our staff trained in working at height to an excellent degree, trained in understanding suspension trauma situations and in first aid at work, this provides a recipe for good health, good safety and good working relations. Working in line with IRATA guidelines, (April 6th 2005) working at height regulations and BS 7985 (2002) regulations, LOLER (1998), etc; we are able to advise managing agents, facility managers, architects, surveyors, and building owners. When we advise our clients, we have learnt not to pursue a course of biased favouring of one sort of access above another. After all: 1. we want to be supportive and proactive to our client, 2. Often one form of access suitability on one building is not effective on another in safety, labour time, disruption to the working environment and prohibitive costs. We can provide six monthly on site training to window
cleaning companies and their staff and maintenance staff with
regard to proper use of harnesses. We can also plan and assist
in demonstrating prepared rescues so that all involved can feel
reassured and confident in an rescue event to result in a calm,
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